San Juan River
The San Juan River, also known as El Desaguadero, is a 192-kilometre river that flows east out of Lake Nicaragua into the Caribbean Sea. A large section of the border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica runs on the southern bank of the river.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: River in Nicaragua, connecting Lake Nicaragua with the Caribbean Sea
- Also known as: “Desaguadere”, “El Desaguadero”, “Rio San Juan”, “Río San Juan”, and “River San Juan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include San Juan de Nicaragua Airport.
San Juan de Nicaragua Airport
Aerodrome
San Juan de Nicaragua Airport is an airport located in San Juan de Nicaragua, Río San Juan, Nicaragua. The airport was built in 2012 at a cost of almost US$17 million.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Juan Del Norte.
San Juan Del Norte
San Juan de Nicaragua is a municipality located in the department of Río San Juan, in south-eastern Nicaragua. Positioned at the mouth of the San Juan River along the Caribbean Sea, it lies along the border with Costa Rica and is one of the most isolated municipalities in the country, accessible primarily by river or air.
San Juan River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Nicaragua, Central America, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“San Juan River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر سان خوان (نيكاراجوا)”
- Arabic: “نهر سان خوان”
- Armenian: “Սան Խուան գետ”
- Asturian: “Ríu San Juan”
- Azerbaijani: “San Xuan çayı”
- Basque: “San Juan”
- Belarusian: “Рака Сан-Хуан”
- Belarusian: “Сан-Хуан”
- Cebuano: “Río San Juan”
- Chinese: “圣胡安河”
- Chinese: “聖胡安河”
- Chuvash: “Сан-Хуан”
- Croatian: “San Juan”
- Czech: “San Juan”
- Dutch: “San Juan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر سان خوان”
- Esperanto: “Rivero San Juan”
- Finnish: “San Juan”
- French: “río San Juan”
- French: “Río San Juan”
- Georgian: “რიო სან ხუანი”
- Georgian: “სან-ხუანი”
- German: “Río San Juan”
- Hebrew: “סן חואן”
- Hungarian: “San Juan”
- Irish: “Abhainn San Juan”
- Italian: “San Juan”
- Japanese: “サン・ファン川 (ニカラグア)”
- Japanese: “サン・フアン川”
- Latvian: “Sanhuana (upe)”
- Latvian: “Sanhuana”
- Lithuanian: “San Chuanas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Río San Juan”
- Norwegian: “Río San Juan”
- Ossetian: “Сан-Хуан”
- Persian: “سان خوان ریور (نیکاراگوئه)”
- Persian: “سان خوان ریور”
- Polish: “San Juan”
- Portuguese: “Rio San Juan (Nicarágua)”
- Portuguese: “Rio São João”
- Russian: “Сан-Хуан”
- Serbo-Croatian: “San Juan (rijeka u Nikaragvi)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “San Juan”
- Slovak: “San Juan”
- Spanish: “Rio San Juan”
- Spanish: “Río San Juan”
- Spanish: “San Juan”
- Swedish: “Río San Juan”
- Tamil: “சான் ஜுவான் ஆறு (நிக்கராகுவா)”
- Tamil: “சான் ஜுவான் ஆறு”
- Urdu: “دریائے سان خوآن”
- Vietnamese: “Sông San Juan”
- Welsh: “Afon San Juan”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Aragón and América.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bahía San Juan del Norte and Laguna La Playuela.
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